Buckle-retaining device for trousers.



I. G. ISAACS. BUCKLE RETAINING DEVICE FOR TROUSERS. APPLICATION FILED 001216, 1912.

1,085,128. I Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

WTTED STATE PATENT @FFTCE.

ISAAC COIBLENS ISAACS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BUCKLE-RETAINING DEVICE FOR TROUSERS.

To all "whom, it may concern Be it known that I, Isaac COBLENS lei-mos, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckle-Retaining Devices for Trousers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved construction of belt support for garments and is directly an improvement on the belt support shown and described in U. S. Patent No. 1,03,522, granted to me November 5th, 1912.

The present improvement relates particularly to the improved manner of attaching the tongue-engaging bail to the hook member of the hook and eye fastener so that while said bail may swing back over the hook it will be prevented from longitudinal movement in the bearing eyes of the hook which carries it and will thereby be prevented from catching beneath the hook when it is desired to swing it out over the hook into position for use.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention, wherein,

Figure 1, shows the front portion of a garment such as a pair of trousers, with the eye-member attached to the underlapping placket flap and the hook-member attached to the overlapping placket flap which latter is turned back sufiiciently to enable the tongue-engaging device of said hook-member to be seen in position. Fig. 9. illustrates a front elevation of the garment with the placket fastened and the belt in position, and also shows the retainer engaging the buckle-tongue. Fig. 3 is a top edge view of the overlapping flap of the garment and shows the hook-member and tongue-engaging device carried therebythe latter engaging the buckle-tongue. Fig. 4 is a View of the blank from which the hook-member is formed. Fig. 5, shows a detail of the tongueengaging member detached from the hookmember. Fig. 6, illustrates the hook-member detached and the pivotally-attached tongue-engaging member, and Fig. 7 shows a cross-sectional detail through the hook and tongue engaging members,the seotionbeing taken on the line 77 of Fig. 6.

In the present instance the drawing illustrates the upper portion of a pair of trousers, which has a placket comprising an underlapping flap, 2, and an overlapping flap, 3.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 16, 1912.

Patented J an. 27', 1914.

Serial No. 726,013.

The underlapping flap of the garment has on its outer surface an eye-member, 4, of a two-part garment fastener and with which a coacting hook-member, 5, engages. The hook-member is formed from sheet metal and has a base plate, 6, which is preferably inserted between the inner and outer faces, 7, and, 8, respectively of the overlapping flap. Suitable perforations, 9, are provided on the base plate through which stitches may be passed to secure the hook-member in place, and an opening, 10, is provided through which a tape (not shown) is sometimes passed to aid in holding said member to the overlapping flap. At the outer edge, the base plate, 6, is provided with a backturned hook, 11, which lies at the inner surface or face, 7, of the overlapping flap as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings and this hook, 11, is to be engaged with the bar of the eye, 1, to hold the flaps lapped in the usual manner. To the hook member I attach a buckle-tongue engaging device, and in the present instance this device has the form of a bail, 12, and is so attached to the hook-member that it may be turned to one position to conceal it, when not in use, and to another position when it is to be used to hold the belt buckle in place. To do this I provide the hook-member with two spacedapart tubular eyes or bearings, 13, which at present are shown along the front vertical edge at the base of the hook and a slot, 1 1, is provided between said eyes or bearings.

The bail, 12, in the present instance is formed of a single piece of metal being stamped from a plate and forming a D- shaped bar free of ends,the straight bar, 16, forming the pintle bar and the curved portion, 17, the bail proper. The pintle bar, 16, is provided with a lateral projection or lug, 18, midway between the points of its joinder with the curved portion which lug extends or projects forwardly toward the curved portion, 17, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The position of this lug, 18, is such that when the pintle bar is in place in the spaced-apart eyes, 13, the lug will lie in the space or slot between the eyes and by this means the pintle bar will be prevented from moving longitudinally in the eyes, particularly when the bail is turned back over the hook, 11, as shown in broken lines in Figs. 6 and 7. This longitudinal movement of the bail in the bearing eyes when the bail was turned back in my said U. S. patent at times caused the loop portion of the bail to catch behind the hook consequently when it was desired to swing the bail forwardly from over the hook it was necessary to first move the pintle ends longitudinally to free the loop from the back-turned end of the hook. By means of the present improvement this accidental catching of the bail loop behind the hook is entirely avoided because the lug, 18, prevents lateral movement of the pintle bar and consequently the loop cannot catch beneath the hook.

The belt, 19, has a buckle, 20, at one end and a pivoted tongue 21, is carried on the buckle frame in the usual manner. A keeper strap, 22, is also provided on the buckle strap adjacent to the pivoted end of the buckle-tongue so as to receive the free or adjusting end, 23, of the belt in which the perforations, 24, are provided.

In practice, the belt is passed around the waistband of the trousers in the usual manner and the bail, 12, is swung forwardly so as to project from the edge of the overlapping flap or placket, 3, onto the underlapplng flap or placket, 2, as can be readily seen in Fig. 2, of the drawing. The buckle is then so manipulated as to pass the free.

end of the pivoted tongue, 21, through the bail, 12, and the adjustment of the belt end,

23, may then be effected as usual.

Obviously the belt-end, 23, may be entirely withdrawn from the buckle frame without releasing or withdrawing the tongue from the bail, therefore the trousers placket may be unfastened without disturbing the engagement of the bail and tongue.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A hook-member of a two part hook and eye fastening said hook member having a base plate with a hook turned back at one side thereof but spaced from the same which hook has a central cutout portion, and the metal base from the cut-out of the hook being formed into spaced-apart eyes which have position in the cut-out at the base of the hook, and a bail extending between the base plate and hook and passing through the spaced-apart eyes at the base of the hook said bail having a projection which extends between the eyes and enters the cut-out of the hook whereby to prevent the bail from lateral displacement with respect to the eyes and hook and the bail being larger than the hook whereby to pass over the latter when swung back.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC COBLENS ISAACS.

Witnesses:

Gr. FEED. VoG'r, CHARLES B. MANN, Jr.

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